Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 140
Lecoultre & Francois A. Geneve, No. 21118, circa 1850. Fine 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with special escapement.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
C. Three body, "forme quatre baguette" with reeded band and engine-turned. Hinged gold cuvette, engine-turned and engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. 17"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 10 jewels, single wheel duplex escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Quarter repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston through the pendant. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 41 mm.
